Stop-funnel.



A. J. FAJEN n E. M. DEILLER. STOP FUNNEL.

APPLIOATIO'N FILED 11110.17. 1908.

967,356; f Patented Aug.16,191o.

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ARTHUR J'. FAJEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND EUGENE IVI. DEILLER, OFNEWARK,

NEW JERSEY.

STOP-FUNNEL.

Specification cf Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it wknown that we, ARTHUR J. FAJEN and EUGENE M. DnILLnR, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the borough of Brooklyn andState of New York, and Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, respectively, have invented certain Improvements in Stop-Funnels, of which the following is a speci- Iication.

This :invention relates to that class of funnels commonly employed byliquor dealers in filling bottles, such as bottles of whisky and thelike, from a larger package.

The objects of the invention are to provide an improved funnel for suchpurposes; to secure ready accessibility to the valve of the funnel; toobtain a construction which shall be positive, easily operated and notliable to get out of order; to simplify the device as a "whole, and tosecure other advantages and results 'i may be brought out in thefollowing description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like niimerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several iigures,Figure 1 is a plan of a stop funnel embodying our invention, and Fig. 2is a `vertical central section of the same.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the bowl of the funnel, usually andpreferably made of copper with a broad open top to receive liquid andcontracting at its bottom 2 and having a central bushing 3 seatedtherein. This biishing is interiorly threaded, as shown, and receivesthe exteriorly threaded reduced upper end et of a. spout or nozzle Saidnozzle 5 is thus readily detachable, for purposes hereinafter set forth,and impervious union of it with the bowl 1 is insured by a washer Gbetween the parts. The said nozzle 5 has the upper part of its liowpassage 7 radially enlarged, as at 8, and upon the shoulder 9 formedthereby is a seat ring 10, of rubber or the like and held by a springring 11. The valve seat thus formed is therefore a part of the nozzle,and is very readily accessible from the open upper end of the same whenthe nozzle is taken olf. A ball valve 12 is adapted to coperate withsaid valve seat from above, said ball being carried on the lower end ofa stem 15 which extends centrally and vertically up through the bowl.The said ball 12 is of course below the bottom of the bowl so that it isexposed and freely accessible when the nozzle is off. At

the bottom of the bowl, at the inside, and

covering the outlet through the bushing 3, is a strainerlS; thisstrainer comprises a reticulated piece of metal soldered at its edges tothe bowl bottoni, and preferably arched upwardly at its center. Aneyelet 141 is provided at the center of said strainer 13 and whichreceives the valve stem 15 to guide the same and hold it central whilenot impeding in any way its up and down sliding.

Near the top of the bowl 1 is a narrow cross piece 16 extending fromside to side of the bowl, and which is apertured at its middle to alsoreceive the valve stem 15, and. thus with the eyelet 14: belowpositively con line the movements of said stem to a longitudinaldirection. Below the said crosspiece A 16, between the same and a stopcollar 17 Xed on the valve stem, is a spiral spring 18 which by itsexpansion normally forces the valve stem and valve 12 downward and seatsthe latter. The bowl of the funnel may thus be lilled with liquid andthe funnel carried about without a drop escaping from the nozzle.

For opening the valve when desired, a lever 19 is fulcrumed insubstantially horizontal position in the bifuroated end 12 of a bracket21 secured to the top part of the handle 22 of the bowl, and projectinginwardly over the bowl sufficiently to secure necessary leverage tooperate said lever 19. The outer end of the lever 19 forms a thumb piece23, and the inner end or end over the bowl is connected to the upper endof the valve stem 15, as by being apertured to receive said upper endand then having a nut 24 screwed on said end above the lever, as shown.i

By the construction thus described, the valve may be instantly andpositively operated to control flow from the bowl of the funnel.Furthermore, those parts of the mechanism which are not freelyaccessible from the top of the bowl, to wit, the ball valve and itsseat, are readily gotten at for purposes of renewal or the like byscrewing off the nozzle. Great convenience and siinplicity is thussecured.

Having thus described the invention, what We claim as new is The hereindescribed stop-funnel, comprising in combination a body portionconsisting of a bowl having an aperture in its bottom and a bushingthicker than the walls of said boWl permanently iXed in said aperture'and interiorly threaded, a nozzle having its upper end or end next thebody portion eXteriorly reduced and threaded to screvv` into saidbushing and providing an annular exterior shoulder at the base of saidreduced portion, said nozzle also having its interior passage radiallyenlarged for said upper end portion of the nozzle and providing aninterior annular shoulder at the base of said enlargement, a packingWasher upon said exterior shoulder of the nozzle adapted to be pressedthereby against the body portion of the funnel When the nozzle isscrewed into the body portion, a seat ring on said interior shoulder ofthe nozzle, a ball valve above said seat ring in said enlarged portionof the nozzle passage, a rod extending upward through the body portionfrom said ball, a spring normally seating said ball valve, and meansconnected to said rod for raising the ball valve from its said seat.ARTHUR J. FAJEN. EUGENE M. DEILLER. In the .presence of- RUSSELL M.EVERETT, ETHEL B. REED.

